This December, the Swamp Buggy Fall Classic will have a different name to it, and more significance for a closely-knit community. The Terry Langford Memorial Fall Classic is set for this weekend at ...

Malcolm Lightner, “Full Throttle” (2013) (all images from ‘Mile o’ Mud: The Culture of Swamp Buggy Racing,’ courtesy PowerHouse Books; all caption information by Malcolm Lightner) The distinctly ...

For the first time in nearly a decade, the swamp buggy races will take place under the lights. The Bud Cup will be determined Saturday night with the gates opening at 2:30 p.m., however, due to ...

Like many quirky, homegrown traditions, swamp buggy racing started out small. In the early 1940s, about a dozen hunters in Naples, Florida, who used the strange, jeeplike vehicles to navigate the ...

Swamp buggies were developed as a practical way to explore the Everglades but have transformed into one of the area’s most exciting and deeply-rooted cultural events in Naples. Swamp Buggy Fever! is ...

Fatal Attraction is the name of Bonnie Walsh's pro-modified swamp buggy. "Just like the Glenn Close character in that movie," Walsh said. "She just kept coming back, and more determined each time." At ...